Congratulations! There is nothing like the independence of being able to wash your dirty laundry in the middle of the night, during commercials, in between margaritas, whatever!! I hated laundromats when I was younger - and I mean HATED them. There was one near my house that you could pay by the pound to wash and dry your stuff. I would pay them the extra money quite happily and drop my clothing off on the way to the beach!!
Alas, now that I have my own machine, I have a much harder time getting other people to wash, dry and fold it while I hang out at the coast. Go figure...